Crawley, West Sussex
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 145 companies were registered in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 16.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Crawley UK 2012 145 118,868 2011 174 114,512 % change -16.7% 3.8% Record Year 2011 (174) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 55 47 43 New companies in 2011 47 57 70 % change 17.0% -17.5% -38.6% Record Year 2012 (55) 2011 (57) 2011 (70)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 104 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 19.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Crawley UK 2012 104 74,772 2011 129 72,230 % change -19.4% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (160) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 32 39 33 Closed companies in 2011 41 53 35 % change -22.0% -26.4% -6% Record Year 2011 (41) 2008 (70) 2009 (62)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 41 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Crawley UK 2012 41 44,096 2011 45 42,282 Record Year 2000 (73) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 23 8 10 Net growth in 2011 6 4 35 Record Year 2008 (40) 2002 (24) 2011 (35)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Crawley formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Crawley 2012 0.1% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% % change 5.1% -16.9% -39.2% Record Year 1970 (0.8%) 1961 (0.6%) 1982 (0.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 39.9.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.6% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Crawley was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
20.6% of all director appointments in Crawley in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.97% CONSULTING 5.05% CONSULTANCY 1.25% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MANAGEMENT 1.16% CONSULTANCY 3.28% GATWICK 1.07% PROPERTY 2.35% PARKING 0.90% TRADING 2.08% SUSSEX 0.90% DESIGN 1.87% M 0.72% ASSOCIATES 1.84% CRAWLEY 0.72% ENGINEERING 1.83% PARTNERS 0.72% CONSULTANTS 1.76% ENGINEERING 0.72% BUSINESS 1.72% SYSTEMS 0.63% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% CONSULTANTS 0.63% MEDIA 1.67% INVESTMENTS 0.63% LONDON 1.67% TRADING 0.63% J 1.55% CLEANING 0.63% GLOBAL 1.53% PROPERTY 0.63% INVESTMENTS 1.46% SUPPORT 0.63% IT 1.43% AVIATION 0.54% PROPERTIES 1.34% ENERGY 0.54% CARE 1.32% GLOBAL 0.54% M 1.27% LONDON 0.54% BUILDING 1.22% ASSOCIATES 0.54% ENTERPRISES 1.20% BLUE 0.45% ELECTRICAL 1.20% BUSINESS 0.45% S 1.17% PROMOTIONS 0.45% SECURITY 1.16%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 498 331,455 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 35 14,774 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 30 33,677 7487 - Other business activities 29 35,545 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 25 19,425 99999 - Dormant Company 24 25,035 74990 - Non-trading company 18 9,203 70100 - Activities of head offices 15 2,514 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 14 4,997 62090 - Other information technology service activities 13 7,869 9999 - Dormant Company 13 12,598 7414 - Business & management consultancy 13 8,437 9305 - Other service activities 12 6,142 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 12 13,716 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 10 9,891 7260 - Other computer related activities 10 4,979 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 9 2,823 43210 - Electrical installation 9 3,387 62012 - Business and domestic software development 8 4,584 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 8 4,119
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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